"Death in the Andes" Quotes
A police officer in the Peruvian Andes investigates a series of disappearances while confronting the region's superstitions and violence.
fiction | 322 pages | Published in NaN
Quotes
People in the highlands are convinced that when a man is born, his destiny is marked out for him, that he is born to be a peasant, a miner, a shepherd, or a bandit, and no one can change that fate.
The mountains have a mysterious way of making people think and feel.
The only people who respect the laws are those who are afraid of being punished.
The Andes are full of legends and beliefs that no one would dare to question.
Silence can be more eloquent than words.
Love and hate are two sides of the same coin, and both are equally intense.
In the Andes, the line between reality and superstition is often blurred.
Fear can turn the most rational person into a believer of the supernatural.
Injustice has a way of festering in the hearts of those who suffer from it.
Loneliness in the mountains has a way of distorting one's perception of time and reality.
